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Vilhelm Magnus

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Vilhelm Magnus (1871–1929) was a Norwegian-American neurosurgeon.

Biography

Magnus born in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States a Norwegian family.[1] He received his early education in Bergen.[2] Later, he attended a university in Oslo.[3] After graduating in Oslo, he began clinical training in neurology and was among a group of neurologists dissatisfied with the prevailing therapeutic nihilism toward nervous system diseases.[4] Influenced by Victor Horsley, Magnus focused on surgically treatable neurological conditions and worked to establish the field of neurological surgery in Norway.[5]

Magnus published his first scientific paper in 1899.[6] In 1901, he demonstrated the importance of the corpus luteum in the first three weeks of pregnancy.[7] By 1903, he showed interest in the surgical treatment of brain tumors.[8]

References

  1. ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2200854/
  2. ^ https://www.ous-research.no/home/langmoen/Neurosurgery+in+Norway/11729
  3. ^ https://www.ous-research.no/home/langmoen/Neurosurgery+in+Norway/11729
  4. ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2200854/
  5. ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2200854/
  6. ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2200854/
  7. ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2200854/
  8. ^ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2200854/
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